Dear Alejandro,
democracy begins in the sphere of production.
If there is no democracy in the sphere of production there cannot be democracy at all.
If there is participation in the sphere of production and distribution (consumption) that would enable the huge majority of population to participate in the major issues of a society. And if journalists are not hostile of socialism there are free anyway. If not, then I willl not fight for their freedom. So in othere words you cannot approach issues of democracy independently from class issues.